Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 26, 2006 17:22:44 GMT -5
RP signs UN covenant on death penalty abolition
The Philippines signed yesterday a United Nations covenant that will bind
the country to completely abolish the death penalty.
"Today, we turn our backs on capital punishment and take a bold and
confident step forward, in the name of life," said Foreign Affairs
Secretary Alberto Romulo in his speech after signing at the UN in New York
the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Right Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty.
Romulo stressed that with the signing of the Second Optional Protocol "the
Philippine government binds itself before the world to uphold and protect
the life of the individual."
He noted that the signing of the Second Optional Protocol also comes as a
fulfillment of the Philippines' pledge as a founding member of the newly
established United Nations Human Rights Council based in Geneva where the
country sits until 2007.
Foreign Affairs Spokesman Eduardo Malaya called the Second Protocal a
benchmark in international law and the signing of the country "a
significant advance in Philippine human rights practice."
(source: Tempo)
The Philippines signed yesterday a United Nations covenant that will bind
the country to completely abolish the death penalty.
"Today, we turn our backs on capital punishment and take a bold and
confident step forward, in the name of life," said Foreign Affairs
Secretary Alberto Romulo in his speech after signing at the UN in New York
the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Right Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty.
Romulo stressed that with the signing of the Second Optional Protocol "the
Philippine government binds itself before the world to uphold and protect
the life of the individual."
He noted that the signing of the Second Optional Protocol also comes as a
fulfillment of the Philippines' pledge as a founding member of the newly
established United Nations Human Rights Council based in Geneva where the
country sits until 2007.
Foreign Affairs Spokesman Eduardo Malaya called the Second Protocal a
benchmark in international law and the signing of the country "a
significant advance in Philippine human rights practice."
(source: Tempo)